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How to get DH to stop swearing
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| It's been an ongoing issue - when DS was first born, I made a point of buying a "dollar jar" and trying to make sure both of us cleaned up our language. Worked like a charm for me, but DH didn't see the point ... said he would stop when DS was old enough to start repeating. DS is now 23 months and defintely at that stage - despite repeated requests, DH is still really bad about swearing, especially during diaper changes (DS is usually not particularly cooperative) - do I just need to wait until DS parrots the swearing back at him to get him to see the light? |
Anonymous
| No, you need a $10 jar. And everytime it hits $100 bucks he has child duty and you go to the spa. It will be over in two months! Stand your ground, this one is important. |
Anonymous
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Sticking out a dollar jar without getting him to agree to it probably lost you his cooperation. You're not his mother and he'll make sure to let you know it.
I'd just let it go until the kid says something and then you'll deal with it, he'll watch his words, etc. It's not like they are ruined forever by repeating one expletive. Trust me, it's going to happen one way or another. You just don't want it to turn into a big thing. |
Anonymous
| My almost 3 year old said "fucking shit" to my MIL this weekend. DH has since stopped swearing. Just wait, OP, until your DC does the same. Works like a charm. |
Anonymous
| Tell him to STFU. |
Anonymous
| I've been looking around to see if I can find a shock collar for my husband. Cartman had one on South Park once. Our oldest is 5 and it's a miracle he doesn't say "fuck" every other word. Of course, if I ever said it in front of him he would pick it up in an instant. |
Anonymous
LOL!!! |
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The V-Chip! lol |
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From this morning's Dear Amy column in the Washington Post: DEAR AMY: The letter from "Upset Husband" about the in-law who used foul language made me chuckle. Many years ago (1946), I married a man just out of the Army who had a not-so-nice ... vocabulary. He tried to tone it down until it was almost acceptable. Then we had a child. This precocious son began talking very early. One day he tripped over a toy and voiced a string of his dad's vocabulary. It didn't take very long for hubby to clean up his language. -- Irene DEAR IRENE: Many a foul-mouthed tyke has forced a parent to come clean. Thanks for the smile. |
Anonymous
| DH was struggling with the safety gate at the top of the stairs. The knob often sticks. DD (5) turns to DH and says "It's funking broken again. Funking." I tried not to laugh. Like everyone else said hearing your kids say these things will eventually clean up your DH's language. |
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both my husband and I swear, but DD knows that she's not allowed to. Of course, she thinks that "stupid" is in the same league as "funking" 
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Anonymous
| My husband says he doesn't care if our DD swears, so I don't know what I'm going to do. I've tried really hard to get him to clean up his language, but he has actually gotten worse. I stopped trying and left it at "you'll change your tune when you first hear your daughter swear." His response is that he hopes she does, and he doesn't care. Not that I don't every once in a while let something slip when I drop something on my foot or forget that something's been on the stove for a couple hours or whatever, but I wish every other word out of his mouth wasn't F**K. sheesh. |
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My DD has only sworn once: she was about 2.5 yo and was screaming at DW for about two hours. Finally, DD took a swing at DW, so DW said, "Go 'f' yourself" and took a "mommy time-out".. With DD crying upstairs and DW crying downstairs, DW called down mournfully, "I don' wanna go f*** myself!"
We laugh now, but I'm glad I was out at the time... |
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fuck if i know.
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